Landmark Passenger Figures

Ryanair Holdings PLC
19 November 2003



                    RYANAIR SOARS WITH 40M PASSENGER RECORD
                               AT LONDON STANSTED

Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline, today (19th Nov 03) confirms that in
November 03, Ryanair will have carried 40 Million passengers at London Stansted
airport, since Ryanair began flying to/from Stansted in 1989.

New Ryanair passenger records will also be set all over Europe during the month,
including:

   •4.1Million passengers at Brussels Charleroi since 1998
   •2.5 Million passengers at Paris-Beauvais since flight began in 1997
   •1.5 Million passengers at Milan-Bergamo, where a new base opened Feb 03.

Commenting on today's announcement, Ryanair's Head of Communications, Paul
Fitzsimmons said:

'Since Ryanair began flying over 70 Million passengers have saved €700M with
Ryanair's low fares. This month we are reaching new landmark records, with 60
Million passengers in UK having saved with Ryanair's low fares, 40+ million
passengers in Ireland, 7.5 million in Scotland, and 1 million in Spain - where
we have only been flying for less than 1 year.

Last month, Ryanair yet again carried over 2.0 Million passengers on almost
15,000 scheduled flights, confirming that Ryanair is the No.1 airline in Europe
for low fares, punctuality and customer service.'

Ends          19th November 2003
For further information:

Paul Fitzsimmons           Ryanair
Pauline McAlester          Murray Consultants
Tel: [phone]     Tel: [phone]



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